Adhesive and mammalian transglutaminase substrate properties of Candida albicans Hwp1

Science

Volumn 283, Issue 5407, 1999, Pages 1538-1538

  Staab, Janet F ^a   Bradway, Steven D ^b,d   Fidel, Paul L ^c   Sundstrom, Paula ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Grays Harbor College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HWP1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSGLUTAMINASE 2;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE DELETION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CBA MOUSE; CELL ADHESION; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH MUCOSA; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; THRUSH;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; CELL ADHESION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MOUTH MUCOSA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 0345391036     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5407.1538     Document Type: Article

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